After a year of increasing tensions over North Korean weapons’ tests and provocations, we have entered a period of summit diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula. In recent weeks, Kim Jong-un made his first visit to China to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and he is expected to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27 and U.S. President Donald Trump in late May or early June. The shift to summit diplomacy has also created a parallel track of potential summits, such as the April 17-18 U.S.-Japan summit, for the U.S. and its allies to coordinate policy towards North Korea.
Please join KEI and Sasakawa USA for a discussion of the results of the recent inter-Korean summit, the implications of the North Korea-China summit, the role of the U.S.-Japan summit, the prospects for the upcoming historic summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un, and how all of these summits potentially fit together.
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Speakers and Participants
• Taisuke Mibae, Visiting Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
• Jung Pak, Senior Fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, Brookings Institution
• Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
• Mark Tokola, Vice President, Korea Economic Institute of America
• James Zumwalt, Chief Executive Officer, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
• Troy Stangarone, Senior Director of Congressional Affairs and Trade, Korea Economic Institute of America
